Metabase

The metabase is a hierarchical database that is used to store configuration values for IIS. In previous versions of IIS, such values were configurable by directly editing the registry. Some values are still configurable by editing the registry, but the metabase provides more granularity in the configuration of server properties. You can set server properties at the computer, Web site, virtual directory, directory, and file level by modifying the metabase.

This section contains:

• About the Metabase: Conceptual topics related to the metabase.
• Administration Tasks: General administering of Web sites and FTP sites.
• Performance Tasks: Configuring bandwidth and connections settings.
• Applications Tasks: Configuring ASP, CGI, ISAPI, and application mappings settings.
• Publishing Tasks: Configuring publishing, redirects, and custom errors settings.
• Logging Tasks: Configuring logging settings.
• Security Tasks: Configuring security settings.
• Filters Tasks: Configuring filters settings.

This section does not contain information on:

• The registry; see Registry.
• Routine server administration; see Server Administration.

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